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7600494 Operation of electrically actuated valves at lower temperatures  
A system and method for controlling electromechanical valves operating in an engine is presented. According to the method, valve operation can be improved by heating the valves, at least during...
7559311 Solenoid operated valve device designed to ensure high responsiveness of valve action  
A solenoid-operated valve device is provided which includes a valve, a solenoid actuator designed to be supplied with electric power from a battery to operate on voltage substantially identical...
7558043 Amperage control for valves  
An amperage control for an electrically operated valve having a coil. A process control apparatus generates a plurality of electrical operating data signals, each signal corresponding to an...
7546830 Injector drive device and injector drive system  
An injector drive device includes a power supply unit that is supplied with power from a battery mounted in a vehicle and generates a voltage higher than the voltage of the battery, and EDU having...
7509931 Power electronics circuit for electromechanical valve actuator of an internal combustion engine  
A dual coil half bridge converter adapted to be coupled to a dual coil actuator of a cylinder valve in an internal combustion engine is described. In one example, the converter has a first and...
7508645 Method and apparatus for operating a magnetic actuator in a power switching device  
A method and apparatus for operating a magnetic actuator in a power switching device by transmitting at least two different electrical current waveforms to the actuator. Both waveforms are sent to...
7497206 Method for operating an internal combustion engine  
With a method for operating an internal combustion engine with a fuel injector ( 18 ) that is opened and closed electrically, a booster capacitor (BK) serving to increase the current intensity when...
7446541 Solenoid test device  
A solenoid test device includes a clock circuit, a control circuit, and an output port configured for coupling to two ends of a solenoid. The clock circuit generates a clock signal and sends it to...
7423857 Current detecting circuit and actuator driving apparatus  
By switching the NMOS ( 11 ) on and off, a drive current passes through a solenoid ( 15 ). The drive current passes through a conversion circuit ( 16 ), and an amplifier circuit ( 17 ) outputs a...
7405918 Inductive load control  
A method is provide for controlling an inductive load device (ILD). The method includes providing a voltage potential across ILD and disabling a flow of current through the ILD resulting from the...
7403366 Control circuit for an electromagnetic drive  
A control circuit for an electromagnetic drive includes first and second electronic switching elements, which in conjunction with a timing element subject the drive coil to a corresponding direct...
7369391 Drive circuit of direct-current voltage-driven magnetic contactor and power converter  
In a direct-current voltage-driven magnetic contactor, a main contact is in an open circuit condition in an attraction period of an initial period of excitation by an operating coil, and in a...
7359175 Relay drive circuit  
A potential of an end of the coil is inputted to a plate-OFF detecting portion which detects OFF-tendency in which a plate of a relay is about to get apart from a head of a core of the relay. When...
7349193 Solenoid driver with high-voltage boost and reverse current capability  
Prior to the operation of a solenoid type of fuel injector, a DC voltage is applied across the injector to create a current through the injector that is below the activation current of the...
7349192 Method of operating a device for controlling electric actuators with optimum actuation current distribution  
There is described a method of operating a device ( 1 ) controlling electric actuators ( 3 ), and having a pair of input terminals ( 4, 5 ) connected to an electric energy source ( 6, 10 ); a...
7336470 Solenoid drive apparatus and drive method  
A solenoid ( 30 ) has one end connected to the ground G and the other end connected to an N-MOS transistor ( 33 ) which applies current from a battery ( 31 ) to the solenoid ( 30 ). On the other...
7318420 Control apparatus for internal combustion engine  
A drive control circuit supplies power to a solenoid coil in an in-cylinder injector of a cylinder in response to a fuel injection signal. A failure detection circuit to detect disconnection...
7315440 Circuit and method for driving a coil-armature device  
Methods and circuits for driving a coil-armature device are disclosed. The circuits are configured to drive the coil-armature device to a first energy level for a period of time sufficient to...
7307397 Driving unit  
A driving unit of the present invention comprises a moving element, an elastic body configured to support the moving element, a permanent magnet fixed on said moving element, an electromagnet...
7271993 Control of current in an inductance with pulse width modulation at control frequency  
A PWM controller for a bridge driver circuit for controlling current in an inductive load such as a motor, can set the driver into a forward mode, a slow decay mode or a fast decay mode, and can...
7262950 Relay device having holding current stabilizing and limiting circuit  
A relay device includes plural relay units, each having a coil for opening/closing a contact point, a base plate made of resin and having wiring metal pieces, and a control circuit mounted on the...
7248453 Circuit and method for controlling current flow through a solenoid  
A solenoid control circuit that includes two switching networks that are selectively opened and closed in a current limit cycle to control the magnitude of the current flowing through the solenoid....
7245474 Circuit arrangement and method for controlling a bistable magnetic valve  
A circuit arrangement and also a method for controlling a bistable magnetic valve in which a magnetic valve is to be supplied with a pulse of electrical current in order to switch over the magnetic...
7235962 Inductor-based current sensing  
A circuit for sensing a current in an inductor is described. Integrator circuitry is operable to generate a first signal representing an integration of a voltage across the inductor. Comparison...
7235936 Linear vibration motor  
A linear vibration motor comprises: a stator provided with one of a permanent magnet and an electromagnet including a winding; a vibrator provided with the other of the permanent magnet and the...
7234439 Fuel injection system executing overlap injection operation  
A control device executes an overlap injection operation, in which one of the plurality of injectors is energized first to inject fuel, and a next one of the plurality of injectors is energized to...
7191765 Device for control of electro-actuators with detection of the instant of end of actuation, and method for detection of the instant of end of actuation of an electro-actuator  
A description is provided of a device ( 2 ) for control of an electro-actuator ( 3 ), comprising a first and a second input terminal ( 4,5 ) which are connected to an electrical energy source ( 6...
7161787 Low power solenoid driver circuit  
The present invention provides a system and method for controlling a solenoid that ensures accurate timing between the enabling of the driving circuit and the activation of the solenoid, while...
7158361 Method and apparatus for regulating a current through an inductive load  
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for regulating a current through an inductive load, which can be connected to a power supply, to a prescribed nominal current value, where the...
7158360 Solenoid drive circuit  
A solenoid drive circuit includes a control circuit which comprises a detector with a resistor for discerning current flow therethrough to produce electric signals that correspond to level of...
7131429 Method for controlling an injection valve of an internal combustion engine  
A method for controlling an injection valve of an internal combustion engine, in particular a piezo-injector during the start-up phase of the internal combustion engine, in particular a common-rail...
7126805 Solenoid driving device  
A device for driving a solenoid including a power supply, a switching element connected between the power supply and the solenoid in series therewith, a current circulating diode connected in...
7113385 Method of controlling magnetic flux of electromagnet, and electromagnet implementing the same  
For controlling a magnetic flux of an electromagnet with a relay pulling characteristic and at least two stabile levels of values of a magnetic flux in a magnetic guide, controlling pulses of...
7109602 Contactless power supply system and branch box used therefor  
An arrangement comprising a magnetic body ( 12 ) having a hole portion ( 11 ) for passage of a primary-side first induction line ( 2 ), a primary-side second induction line ( 5 ) for electrically...
7100578 Method for driving fuel injection pump  
The present invention achieves an increase in the amount of vapor that is expelled, stabilized fuel injection and improved starting characteristics in a fuel injection pump. In an...
7013876 Fuel injector control system  
A control system for a fuel injector is disclosed. The control system has a valve element movable between a first position and a second position, an armature connected to the valve element, a...
6985345 Method and a device for operating an electro-magnet on an intrinsically safe direct current circuit  
The present invention relates to a method for operation of an electro-magnet ( 2, 3 ) connected to an intrinsically safe direct current circuit which can be switched under control between two...
6981489 Method for controlling a fuel injector according to a control law which is differentiated as a function of injection time  
A method for controlling a fuel injector provided with an electrically operated electomagnetic actuator in such a manner as to open the injector for a determined injection time; the method...
6978978 PWM voltage clamp for driver circuit of an electric fluid dispensing gun and method  
An electric fluid dispenser for dispensing a fluid onto a substrate. A power switching circuit is connected to an unregulated power supply providing a varying voltage. A solenoid connected to the...
6934140 Frequency-controlled load driver for an electromechanical system  
A frequency-controlled load driver circuit includes a steady-state and a transient operational mode. A switching driver switches a load current to a solenoid at a set switching frequency during a...
6930873 Micro electromechanical switches  
Characteristics of micro electromechanical switches can be changed by applying a control signal which either changes one or more parameters of the micro electromechanical switches or which controls...
6891710 Method for control of a proportional magnet with a hold function  
Method for control of a proportional magnet comprising a magnet core, a magnet armature, a magnet coil for operating a control element in a shift valve or a proportional pressure-control valve,...
6879480 Brake transmission shift interlock and park lock system  
A Brake Transmission Shift Interlock and Park Lock System having a shift lever, electromagnetic device, and blocking member operating with reverse logic. The system includes disabling means for...
6845300 Control methods for electromagnetic valve actuators  
An electromagnetically operated valve assembly ( 28 ) has a first solenoid ( 58 ) and a second solenoid ( 60 ). An armature ( 56 ) having a valve stem ( 54 ) coupled thereto is positioned between...
6845001 Electromagnetic contactor  
In an electromagnetic contactor 100 for passing a current through an electromagnet 301 from a power source 402 and moving a movable core 1 from a first position in which a gap to a fixed...
6798634 Device for actuating an electromagnet  
A device with a safety circuit with an armature activated by a solenoid activates an electromagnet. The device has a switch connected in series to the solenoid, a device temporarily interrupting...
6785112 Method and device for triggering a fuel injector  
A method and device for triggering a solenoid valve for injecting fuel into an internal combustion engine is described. The triggering phase of the solenoid valve is subdivided into a pull-up phase...
6771479 Method and device for controlling a selection device with solenoids for a weaving machine  
Device for energizing a number of coils of a hook selection device for a weaving machine includes an electrical power supply source connected to the coils and a regulating device for regulating the...
6757149 Method for controlling fuel injector valve solenoid current  
A method of controlling a fuel injector valve solenoid includes generating a set-point signal which models a desired current profile flowing through the valve solenoid, providing a current...
6744615 Device for controlling an electromechanical regulator  
A device for controlling an electromechanical regulator, including a controller ( 3 a ) that controls the current through a coil ( 113 ) and which, for that purpose, generates control signals for a...